Page 2 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 16, 1952 Noting this increased expense and a trend toward seeking federal aid to help balance the books, Alfred P. Sloan, wealthy philanthropist, has issued a call for aid to colleges from American business. Colleges Welcome All Financial Aid Rising prices and efforts to increase the efficiency and scope of American universities have recently caused unparalleled financial strains upon colleges in all parts of the country. Mr. Sloan, chairman of the board of General Motors corporation, says it is in the self-interest of the American businessman to make substantial and regular financial contributions to the colleges and universities of the nation. Net only would aid from the large corporations help schools preserve and advance their high levels, he said, but it would save them from federal dependency and control. The philanthropist issued his plea because he feels increased taxes have made his generation the last which will permit individuals to amass sufficient wealth to provide endowment. The burden of protection must now be carried by the large corporations, he said. The principle which Mr. Sloan advances of voluntary contributions for the sake of better educational facilities is an admirable credit to him and will be an even more admirable credit to any corporation which practices it. But Mr. Sloan is mistaken if he regards federal aid to education as a threat. The nation's entire public school system is accepting federal aid and has yet to suffer any horrible consequences. Thinking of the country's higher educational institutions as a pawn between government and industry is a mistaken notion, however. If the universities and colleges are to progress and keep their doors open to all who wish to learn, there is going to have to be some aid from someone and no doubt all contributions will be welcome. Control by either the federal government or by corporation industry does not loom as a threat on our educational horizon. If aid is necessary, let it come as aid and not as a blow by one power against another or as a lure away from nonexistent enemies. —Roger Yarrington Jayhawkers Need The traffic office reports that there have been no students killed in traffic accidents on the campus in the past six years. Any student driver will find this an amazing fact. Tough Treatment The principle that a pedestrian has the right-of-way has been completely exaggerated. To cross at corners and obey a traffic officer's instructions has become completely outmoded. Drivers are expected to read the pedestrian's mind. It has become a regular game, the students vs. the drivers. A car comes down the street. The students see it and starts to cross. He doesn't run; that would be against all the rules. Slowly, he meanders across and if the car doesn't stop instantly, the driver is given a glare that would shrivel a brass monkey. One player in the game is the 8 a.m. sleepwalker. She (it is usually a girl) walks across the street in a complete coma. Car horns blast but they have no effect. Nothing can disturb her dreams of the night before. Then there is the dasher. He starts and stops and sends drivers into fits of frenzy. He never crosses at a corner, but darts out from between parked cars. Closely related to the dasher is the dancer. He runs out in front of a car, stops, starts, stops again, and stops. Such open-field running is more appropriate for a football field than a busy intersection. Before long he has traffic so snarled up he can walk across without fear. gating the necessity of having both a student court and a disciplinary committee . . . FACTS is endorsing a commission to investigate administrative setups for the ASC . . . These are troubled times we're living in. The traffic office continuously warns that it will get tough with careless drivers in order to help the pedestrians. How about getting tough with the jaywalkers, and giving the drivers a chance? All Student Council is investi- —Don Moser Editorial writers can sway the opinions of nations, they tell us. The Daily Kansan editorial staff endorses Stevenson one day, and University students come out 2.5 to 1 for Ike the next. Letters Editor of the Daily Kansan: It is very gratifying that the appalling conditions existing in our University dormitories have been brought to public attention by your excellent editorial. Newspapers serve me as window shades. My bed collapses when I try to move. The blankets serve to keep me warm at night. Dust collects everywhere. As a resident of Oread hall, I would like to express my feelings on this issue. If I accomplish anything at all here at KU, I hope to see this dormitory torn down and a new one built, not ten years from now, but before I leave. I am a new student here, and do not know what action to take in dealing with this problem. We at Oread are sick and tired of being treated as step-children or as second-class students. If the administration of this University does not take action, I personally will see to it that my acquaintances here in Kansas and my family and friends in Missouri learn about these conditions. I have talked this matter over with my fellow residents here at Oread and the vast majority agree with me. Tom Donnelly News Briefs By UNITED PRESS Moscow—(U.P.)-Relatives on the government payroll is a problem in Russia, even without an election campaign. A Moscow Communist leader has complained that too many kinfolk on the payroll discourages "self-criticism" in government offices. Quoted in the newspaper Pravda, party secretary Elizabeth Furtseva told the party congress. "What kind of criticism and self-criticism can there be in the physics institute at the Academy of Sciences where 102 staff members are related to each other?" Salt Lake City—(U.P.)-Gov. Adlai Stevenson met the fate of all presidential candidates today. Leo M. O'Shea of Rawlins, Wyo., known among the Sioux Indians as Chief Mato Ska (White Bear), planned to meet Stevenson at the airport here and present him with an Indian war bonnet. This is the time of year when cows may gorge themselves on fallen apples. The effect is sometimes intoxicating and cows may stagger, misbehave or even pass out. Chicago—Be on the lookout for drunken cows, veterinarians warned here today. Chicago—Alice Vokik had her television set today but not her husband. George Vokik left their home last March and took the television set with him because his wife was not present and didn't have time to fix dinner. George returned the set yesterday when Alice promised to drop alimony demands in her divorce suit. Daily Hansan UNIVERSITY News Room KU 251 Ad Room KU 373 Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn, Inland Daily Press Association, Associated Collegiate Press Assn., Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City. EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORIAL EDITOR Editor-in-Chief Chuck Zuegner Editorial Assistants Bob Stewart, Ellen J. Olsen NEWS STAFF Managing Edit...Charles Burch Asst. Mgr. Jake Dorden, Danienne, Stonebaker, Dorian Dissen, Stonebaker, SOCIAL SERVICES City Editor...Phil Newman Society Editor...Mary Copper Sports Editor...Daniel Bonner Asst. Sports Editors...Nielson, Clarke Keys Telegraph Editor...Mary Copper Editorial Director...Don Moer News Advisor...Victor J. Danilov BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Frank Lisee Advertising Mgr. David Arthurs National Mgr. Clark Akers Circulation Agent Virgil Maesey Clerical Adv. Mgr. Patricia Vaney Promotion Mgr. Elbert D. Spivey Business Advisor Dale Novotny Mail Subscription rates: $3 a semester or $4.50 a year (add $1 a semester if in Lawrence). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays, University holidays and examination periods. Entered second class matter 17, 1910, at Lawrence, March 3, 1879. March 3, 1879 March 3, 1879. Short Ones One of the intellectuals at the Journalism school has decided KU is not situated on a hill. It just looks that way because so much of the surrounding terrain is situated so low. *** A business senior was seen standing on a windy corner the other day when a ticket to the Oklahoma game and a $20 bill blew past. He chased the football ticket. (Several profs fought it out over the money.) Latest boon to students looking for an excuse not to study is the One Man's Opinion If Gen. Eisenhower wins in November, he will drag with him 11 incumbent Republican senators whose contribution to American government has been persistently negative, and whose services this country can very well do without. By CHUCK ZUEGNER In a representative poll of a group of American political scientists conducted by Dr. Byron L. Johnson, professor of economics at Denver university, and W. E. Butt, professor emeritus of economics at Pennsylvania State college, 95 senators were rated according to qualifications generally considered essential for congressional services. These qualifications were the senators' attitude on domestic issues, attitude on foreign issues, legislative ability, personal integrity, and intellectual capacity. The 11 Republican senators up for re-election this year fared poorly in the poll. In fact, the lowest-ranking member, Wisconsin's vitriolic Joe McCarthy, was considered by one participating political scientist to be a "disgrace to the Senate." The professor who made the statement was an admitted Republican. To add to their distinguished stature, Sens. Kem, Butler, Jenner, McCarthy, and Bricker have been lauded as "patriotic Republicans" by the dubious and derelict Chicago Tribune. Here are the 11 senators and the ratings they received in the poll: John J. Williams (R-Del.) .32nd Edward Martin (R-Pa.) .59rd Zales M. Ecton (R-Mont.) .75th Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) .81st James P. Kem (R-Mo.) .83rd John W. Bricker (R-Ohio) .86th Hugh Butler (R-Neb.) .88th Harry P. Cain (R-Wash.) .91st George W. Malone (R-Nev.) .52nd William F. Jenner (R-Ind.) .94th Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) .95th These are the men Gen, Eisenhower has clasped to his tunic, rare decorations for a great crusader. We notice Adlai Stevenson has been presented with a war bonnet by some Indians. There are a few conventional aspects to his campaign. sprinkler system used in front of the library evenings. - * * The recent cold wave was welcomed by sorority girls if no one else. Now they can be comfortable in those fall clothes they began wearing in the September heat. Kansas university is not actually located on a hill. It just seems that way because the surrounding land is so low. "Yer lucky, yer lucky—When we were "Pledges" we weren't even allowed to be seen with an "Active" on our way to school."